Roster construction is different from 15 years ago. The offense is different from 15 years ago. The NFL as a whole is different.
This season, the offense was junk with Kraft but minus Watson and Reed. GB was getting its bearings, starting with the second Minnesota game. I think everyone on here was pretty excited after the four wins in a row (minus the guy that hasn't posted all year but waited until the Denver loss to chime in). They looked as good as any team in the NFC. But you can only lose so many guys without it impacting the team.